Recommended reading, no. 25: Chowan Beach, Remembering an African American Resort.

Founded in 1926 on the eastern bank of the Chowan River, about 100 miles northeast of Wilson, Chowan Beach was a thriving African-American resort for decades, drawing family vacationers and legendary chitlin circuit musicians for decades. In this slim book packed with photographs, Frank Stephenson brings to life a favored vacation spot for generations of Wilsonians.

Wilson Daily Times, 26 July 1940.

 

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  1. I will check Amazon for this book. I remember going to Chowan Beach with your mom and dad, my uncle Ben and aunt Ruth, Doug and Evelyn Hagans, Rudolph and Sedalia Bridgers

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